Recently I chatted with a little friend who had achieved an impressive growth spurt. She had transformed from a “little person” to a...

I think I’ve told you before. Today I’ll repeat myself. I write these blogs to clarify to myself my own needs. The inspiration is many...

When sometime you decide to blog, I wish you luck!  I’m not highly educated, so I don’t know what a blog is supposed to consist of. I’ve...

From my writing table I overlook a valley. There, in the relative flat, flows the Crowsnest River. Parallel to it is the Canadian Pacific...

“Willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.”...

Romans 12:16 – “Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your...

Recently I sat next to a young car dealership executive on a flight home. I was in the centre seat. The young chap had the window seat...

My mind has been dwelling on “understood” and “misunderstood”. In the English vocabulary, they are relatively soft words. To compare;...

“Willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them.”...

As I was born at basically the midway point of the Baby Boomer generation, you may need to filter what I write. The overall intention of...

Ecclesiastes 9:10-a “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;” Colossians 3:17 – “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,...

Incriminate – Make someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing (Oxford) There are two sides to the sword of incrimination. It can be...

My mind this morning is on “the mind”; on what I think. Recently I had a few months of blah. Definition of “blah” – noun 1. boring or...

I have no formal training in writing or composition. As a person ages, many of us realize what benefit could have been ours if we would...

Intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another – Merriam Webster. This topic is one that could be considered...

Let’s define beauty. The cliché “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” is just that. A cliché.   Beauty is mostly determined by...

Growing up as a boy in farming country I became acquainted with my neighbour’s three-legged dog. The unfortunate rascal had gotten too...

Matthew 19:14 – “But Jesus said, suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” I...

Compromise – noun: an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.  verb: accept standards...

Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Vision is the ability to see....

Proverbs 23:7 – “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.” I’m...

Joshua 24:15 – “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your...

Matthew 3:10 – “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn...

The privacy act is ordinarily introduced to children at an early age. It can start with the six-year-old whispering to the three-year-old...